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Teaching Social Studies to Multilingual Learners in Middle School explores strategies for teaching social studies to learners from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The book centers on a framework that integrates inquiry, primary source analysis, and visual literacy to provide a progressive learning sequence for students.
List of contents
AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I. FoundationsChapter 1. Exploring Social Studies
Chapter 2. Working with Multilingual Students
Chapter 3. The Visual Literacy Framework
Part II. ApplicationChapter 4. Teaching U.S. History
Chapter 5. Teaching World History
Chapter 6. Teaching Geography
Chapter 7. Teaching Civics and Government
About the Authors
About the author
Dr. Xiaoning Chen is an associate professor and chair of the ESL/Bilingual Education Program at National Louis University. She holds a doctorate in language and literacy education from Purdue University. Dr. Chen has two decades of experience in language education and teacher training in the United States and abroad. Her research interests include visual literacy, multicultural children’s literature, and multimodal literacies. She has shared her work through numerous presentations at national and international conferences, as well as publications in various journals and edited volumes. She also co-authored two volumes of Teaching Social Studies to Multilingual Learners: Connecting Inquiry and Visual Literacy to Promote Progressive Learning for Rowman & Littlefield. Dr. Chen has served as an International Visual Literacy Association board member since 2019 and has served two terms as an assistant editor for the IVLA Book of the Selected Readings. She has directed the Library of Congress Teaching With Primary Sources Regional Grant and two rounds of the STARTALK teacher training grant from the US National Security Agency.Mark Newman is professor of social science education at National College of Education, National Louis University. He has published books and articles on primary sources, visual culture, geography, and visual literacy. He has directed Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources and National Endowment for the Humanities grants. Newman won the National Louis Distinguished Teaching Award in 2016.
Summary
Teaching Social Studies to Multilingual Learners in Middle School explores strategies for teaching social studies to learners from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. The book centers on a framework that integrates inquiry, primary source analysis, and visual literacy to provide a progressive learning sequence for students.
